§ 14-119. Forgery of notes, checks, and other
securities; counterfeiting of instruments.

(a) It is unlawful
for any person to forge or counterfeit any instrument, or possess any
counterfeit instrument, with the intent to injure or defraud any person,
financial institution, or governmental unit. Any person in violation of this
subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.

(b) Any person who
transports or possesses five or more counterfeit instruments with the intent to
injure or defraud any person, financial institution, or governmental unit is
guilty of a Class G felony.

(c) As used in this
Article, the term:

(1)
"Counterfeit" means to manufacture, copy, reproduce, or forge an
instrument that purports to be genuine, but is not, because it has been falsely
copied, reproduced, forged, manufactured, embossed, encoded, duplicated, or
altered.

(3)
"Governmental unit" means the United States, any United States
territory, any state of the United States, any political subdivision, agency,
or instrumentality of any state, or any foreign jurisdiction.

If any person, of his own head and imagination, or by false
conspiracy or fraud with others, shall wittingly and falsely forge and make, or
shall cause or wittingly assent to the forging or making of, or shall show
forth in evidence, knowing the same to be forged, any deed, lease or will, or
any bond, writing obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note, endorsement or
assignment thereof; or any acquittance or receipt for money or goods; or any
receipt or release for any bond, note, bill or any other security for the payment
of money; or any order for the payment of money or delivery of goods, with
intent, in any of said instances, to defraud any person or corporation, and
thereof shall be duly convicted, the person so offending shall be punished as a
Class H felon. (5 Eliz., c. 14, ss. 2, 3; 21 James I,
c. 26; 1801, c. 572, P.R.; R.C., c. 34, s. 59; Code, s. 1029; Rev., s. 3424;
C.S., s. 4296; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c.
63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1187; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s.
14(c).)

(1) To make falsely
or alter falsely, or to procure to be made falsely or altered falsely, or to
aid or assist in making falsely or altering falsely, a diploma, certificate,
license, or transcript signifying merit or achievement in an educational
program issued by a secondary school, a postsecondary educational institution,
or a governmental agency;

(2) To sell, give,
buy, or obtain, or to procure to be sold, given, bought, or obtained, or to aid
or assist in selling, giving, buying, or obtaining, a diploma, certificate,
license, or transcript, which he knows is false, signifying merit or
achievement in an educational program issued by a secondary school, a
postsecondary educational institution, or a governmental agency;

(3) To use, offer,
or present as genuine a falsely made or falsely altered diploma, certificate,
license, or transcript signifying merit or achievement in an educational
program issued by a secondary school, a postsecondary educational institution,
or a governmental agency, which he knows is false; or

(4) To make a false
written representation of fact that he has received a degree or other
certification signifying merit, achievement, or completion of an educational
program involving study, experience, or testing from a secondary school, a
postsecondary educational institution or governmental agency in an application
for:

(a) Employment;

(b) Admission to an
educational program;

(c) Award; or

(d) For the purpose of
inducing another to issue a diploma, certificate, license, or transcript
signifying merit or achievement in an educational program of a secondary
school, postsecondary educational institution, or a governmental agency.

(b) As used in this
section, "postsecondary educational institution" means a technical
college, community college, junior college, college, or university. As
used in this section, "governmental agency" means any agency of a
State or local government or of the federal government. As used in this
section, "secondary school" means grades 9 through 12.

If any person shall willfully sign, or cause to be signed, or
willfully assent to the signing of the name of any person without his consent,
or of any deceased or fictitious person, to any petition or recommendation with
the intent of procuring any commutation of sentence, pardon or reprieve of any
person convicted of any crime or offense, or for the purpose of procuring such
pardon, reprieve or commutation to be refused or delayed by any public officer,
or with the intent of procuring from any person whatsoever, either for himself
or another, any appointment to office, or to any position of honor or trust, or
with the intent to influence the official action of any public officer in the
management, conduct or decision of any matter affecting the public, he shall be
punished as a Class I felon; and if any person shall willfully use any such
paper for any of the purposes or intents above recited, knowing that any part
of the signatures to such petition or recommendation has been signed thereto
without the consent of the alleged signers, or that names of any dead or
fictitious persons are signed thereto, he shall be guilty of a felony, and
shall be punished in like manner. (1883, c. 275; Code,
s. 1034; Rev., s. 3426; C.S., s. 4297; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd
Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14.)

If any officer or agent of a corporation shall, falsely and
with a fraudulent purpose, make, with the intent that the same shall be issued
and delivered to any other person by name or as holder or bearer thereof, any
certificate or other writing, whereby it is certified or declared that such
person, holder or bearer is entitled to or has an interest in the stock of such
corporation, when in fact such person, holder or bearer is not so entitled, or
is not entitled to the amount of stock in such certificate or writing
specified; or if any officer or agent of such corporation, or other person,
knowing such certificate or other writing to be false or untrue, shall
transfer, assign or deliver the same to another person, for the sake of gain,
or with the intent to defraud the corporation, or any member thereof, or such
person to whom the same shall be transferred, assigned or delivered, the person
so offending shall be punished as a Class I felon. (R.C.,
c. 34, s. 62; Code, s. 1032; Rev., s. 3421; C.S., s. 4298; 1979, c. 760, s. 5;
1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14.)

§ 14-125. Forgery of bank notes and other instruments
by connecting genuine parts.

If any person shall fraudulently connect together different
parts of two or more bank notes, or other genuine instruments, in such a manner
as to produce another note or instrument, with intent to pass all of them as
genuine, the same shall be deemed a forgery, and the instrument so produced a
forged note, or forged instrument, in like manner as if each of them had been
falsely made or forged. (R.C., c. 34, s. 66; Code, s.
1037; Rev., s. 3420; C.S., s. 4299.)